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NAF Offers Medical Services To 3,000 IDPs In Zamfara - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 1, 2019
The Nigerian Air Force NAF says it is offering free medicalservices to 3,000 victims of banditry from Kanoma Community in Maru LocalGovernment Area of Zamfara state.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, AirCommodore Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a statement in Abuja.
Daramola said the humanitarian initiative was in furtheranceof the directive by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar,for the NAF Medical Services Branch to provide immediate medical assistance toresidents of Kanoma and adjoining communities in Maru Local Government.
He said the Secretary to Zamfara Government, Bala Moru, whorepresented Governor Bello Matawale, thanked NAF for the kind gesture inassuaging the plight of the people.
Matawale said that the Zamfara  Government was happy with the initiative.
Daramola quoted Matawale as saying that as part of ongoingnegotiation with the bandits, more than 200 persons in the hands of the banditshad been released.

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NAF Plane Crash: Accident Investigation Bureau Submits Interim Report Involving Attahiru - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 16, 2021
The Bureau’s General Manager, Public Affairs Tunji Oketumbi made this announcement in a statement in Lagos.
It would be recalled that the Ibrahim Attahiru was killed along with 10 others including aides and crew when the Nigerian Air Force NAF King Air -350 aircraft they were traveling in crashed in the northern state of Kaduna.
The Chief of the Air Staff Oladayo Amao had ordered that a joint investigative body consisting of experienced NAF safety officers and AIB be constituted to investigate the circumstances surrounding the air crash.

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NAF Probes ‘Unfortunate’ Bombing Of Civilians In Yobe - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 16, 2021
According to the 2006, Yunusari, which shares an international border with Niger Republic, has a population of 125,821 census.
Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet in a statement in Abuja, said following intelligence on terrorists movements along the Kamadougou Yobe River line, an aircraft from the Air Component of ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ was detailed to respond to the suspected insurgents activities in the area along the Nigeria/Niger republic border.
The Spokesman explained that the aircraft while operating South of Kanama observed suspicious movement consistent with the insurgents behaviour whenever a Jet aircraft is overhead. Accordingly, the pilot fired some probing shots. It is important to state that the area is well known for continuous terrorist’s activities.
Meanwhile, Governor Mai Mala-Buni of Yobe state has ordered government hospitals in Geidam and Damaturu to offer free medical services to those who sustained injuries in the disaster. He also directed the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA to provide relief materials to victims.


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NAF Special Forces Rescue 26 Kidnap Victims In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 13, 2022
Nigerian Air Force NAF Special Forces rescued 26 kidnapped victims while on a fighting patrol along Birnin Gwari-Kaduna Road.
NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet in a statement, said that the rescue operation occurred when the Forces came across five abandoned vehicles near Anguwar Yako, an indication of forced removal or evacuation and likely kidnap scene.
Commodore Gabkwet stated that acting on instincts, the Forces began exploiting the general scene of the abduction and extended for about three kilometres radius well into the bushes while clearing the general area.
On interrogation, the victims who were traveling from Birnin Gwari to various locations including Kaduna, Minna and Kano, revealed that while enroute, a large number of bandits in three groups suddenly appeared from the bushes from 3 different directions along the route and surrounded their vehicles.

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NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians To Recalled Eye Drop - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 27, 2023
The recall is contained in a public alert signed by NAFDAC Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, in Abuja.
She said that the eye drop was recalled in February due to suspected contamination with pseudo-monas aeruginosa, a highly resistant bacterium.
According to her, since the recall, the US Centre for Disease Control CDC has reported 68 patients across 16 states with health problems from the bacteria, including eye infections.
The NAFDAC boss said that laboratory testing identified the bacteria in opened EzriCare bottles from multiple sources according to the CDC.


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NAFDAC Banks On Policemen To Enforce Alcohol-In-Sachets Ban - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 25, 2022
The agency added that it would hand over the producers of such products to its enforcement department for prosecution.
The Director of Public Relations of the agency, Abubakar Jimoh, said this in an interview in Abuja.
The Director-General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, had in a statement stated that the agency would no longer register alcohol in sachets, small volume PET and glass bottles below 200 milliliters.
Adeyeye said the registration of new alcoholic drinks in sachet and small volume PET and glass bottles above 30 per cent alcohol by volume had been banned following the recommendation of a high-powered committee of the Federal Ministry of Health NAFDAC and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and Industry in December 2018.

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NAFDAC Calls For Stiffer Punishment For Drug Traffickers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 12, 2019
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administrationand Control NAFDAC has called for stiffer punishment for drug traffickers andimporters of illegal drugs into the country.
The Director General of the agency Mojisola Adeyeyemade the call during news conference in Abuja.
She decried what she described as light sentenceshanded peddlers of Tramadol and counterfeit drugs, calling on the judiciary toreview the penalties.
She commended the Federal Government for its supportin terms of equipment, adding that the agency was having it better in thepresent administration.
Adeyeye also said that 12 different individuals werecaught with large amount of substandard and falsified medicine, some of whichhad been destroyed.
She said that some of them were being investigatedor prosecuted, while some had been sentenced.
She added that the agency had destroyed substandardand falsified medical products worth more than N3 billion between November  2017 and November 2018.

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NAFDAC Cautions Consumers On Dietary Product - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 5, 2021
The agency gave the caution in a public alert with number 032/2021, issued by the Director General, Moji Adeyeye today in Abuja.
It noted that the agency had been informed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that “Palisades Park, NJ, HIS is voluntarily recalling all lots and all presentations of the products.
NAFDAC, therefore, implored consumers to stop the purchase and use of Miss Slim, adding that “members of the public in possession of the product are to handover to the nearest NAFDAC office.”
The agency also called on patients to contact their physicians or healthcare providers if they have experienced any problems that may be related to using the product.
It encouraged healthcare professionals, consumers and patients to report any adverse events related to the use of the product to the nearest NAFDAC office.
The public are also advised to make their report through E-reporting platforms available on NAFDAC website or via the Med- safety application available for download on android and IOS stores.

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NAFDAC, Customs, NDLEA Partner On Narcotics, Drug Abuse Menace Among Youths - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 13, 2023
A statement by NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant, Olusayo Akintola in Abuja, stated that they all promised to collaborate to fight illicit drug production, trafficking and use, and to curb related organised crime.
The statement disclosed that the pledge was made at the launch and dissemination of the 2022 Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board INCB and Precursors Report 2022.
The statement stated that NAFDAC Director-General Mojisola Adeyeye, described narcotics and psychotropic substances as indispensable for the relief of pain and suffering.
She said that they were controlled within the framework of the three international conventions as they possessed abuse liability and produced dependence in users.
Adeyeye said that they were classified, not on chemical nature, but on the potential for abuse and the need for medical use of the substance.


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NAFDAC Inaugurates Technical Committee To Enforce BMS Marketing Code In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 21, 2023
The committee was inaugurated during a three-day capacity building training for its members in Zaria.
Inaugurating the committee, Director General of NAFDAC, Moji Adeyeye, described the move as a critical step towards effective regulation, monitoring and enforcement of the BMS Code in the state.
She explained that to fast track the implementation process, a five-year strategy was developed in 2021, and that the strategy provided for the formation of the committee and BMS Monitoring Teams across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
This, according to her, is to strengthen advocacy and implementation coordination, adding that the Kaduna State Multi-Sectoral Technical Committee is the first to be inaugurated in the country.


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NAFDAC, PCN Seals Off 1,321 Medicine Stores In Kano - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 20, 2024
The Director Investigation and Enforcement NAFDAC, Francis Ononiwu, made this known while addressing newsmen in Kano.
He said the joint operations took place on Saturday and Sunday 17 and February 18.
He said the stores were located in the Malam ealed Kato Square,Niger Street and Sabon Gari Market Kano.
He noted that most of the medicine premises visited were operating in an  unventilated environment.
He called on the Medicine dealers to see their relocation as the survival of public health and as part of effort to continue to fight against substandard drugs.

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NAFDAC Raids Zaria Market, Seizes Expired Aphrodisiacs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 13, 2022
Addressing journalists after the raid, the NAFDAC deputy director in charge of investigation and enforcement in Kaduna, Tamanuwa Andrew, said the seized aphrodisiacs were found to contain up to 200 strength milligrams which were more than 100mg that the agency registered.
He said the agency made the seizures during a raid on 26 shops at the Sabon Gari market in Zaria Local Government Area.
The items seized included microgynon, drugs meant to be distributed free to IDPs and oxytocin injection for women delivered of babies, which required a specific temperature to be stored but were found in the open.

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NAFDAC Return To Ports In 2018 Curbs Fake Drugs Importation — D-G - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 29, 2021
NAFDAC Director-General Mojisola Adeyeye made the assertion during
a News Agency of Nigeria, NAN forum in Lagos. She also noted that the
presence of agency’s officials at the ports had assisted to curb
importation of bad products and identified the nefarious importers and
cabals behind such transactions.
According to her, the ports are safer now compared to when NAFDAC
officials were absent at the ports.
The Director-General said NAFDAC’s presence at the ports would
continue to ensure that dangerous drugs or substances of abuse – many
times falsely shipped as building materials, electrical appliances,
computer accessories – are intercepted at the point of entry.
It would be recalled that NAN recalls that NAFDAC was excluded from
security checks at the ports in 2011 and was reinstated on May 16, 2018.
Adeyeye noted that the agency would continue to work with relevant
government agencies to ensure that foods, drugs, chemicals and other
NAFDAC regulated products that pose danger to the population are
controlled at the point of entry.

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NAFDAC Shuts Down 4 Yoghurt Production Companies Over Non-Compliance - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 8, 2021
The State Coordinator of the agency, Nasiru Mato, stated this in an interview with newsmen today in Kaduna.
Mato said that the agency sealed the facilities during its surveillance activities in the state for lapses hinging on: unsatisfactory good manufacturing practice, poor hygiene practice, and operating with expired licence.
He said that the monitoring exercise was part of measures put in place by the agency in the state to ensure that only quality and wholesome products are produced, distributed, and sold to their consumers always.

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NAFDAC To Begin Raid On Illegal Sachet Water Factories In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 29, 2020
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said it will begin raid of factories producing and selling sachet water without expiry date and approved code in Kaduna State.
The Kaduna State Coordinator of the agency NatimMullah-Dadi, , made the disclosure during an interview with newsmen.
He said the agency has made it compulsory for allfood products to be labeled and date marked in order for consumers to know themanufactured and expiration date.
He urged producers of packaged water to comply withthe agencies requirement for proper labeling and hygienic production.
Mullah-Dadi said that during the raid in 2019, theagency was alarmed at the unhygienic environment in which some producers ofillegal sachet water facilities operated.
He warned illegal sachet water producers to desistfrom the act, as their quest for quick money is endangering public health.
The coordinator urged residents not to patronise anypackaged water without NAFDAC number and date of production, He also revealedthat all packaged water are only fit for consumption within two months ofproduction.

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NAFDAC Warns Nigerians To Stop Patronising Herbal Concoctions From Hawkers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 29, 2021
Director-General of NAFDAC Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the advice
during an interview in Lagos, adding that any drug being hawked on the
streets or in buses should be avoided because of the uncertainty of the its
source.
Adeyeye, however, said some of the herbal medicines work but
consumers must ensure that they had passed NAFDAC’s safety and
efficacy tests.
She also cautioned against the use of performance enhancing drugs
because of the danger it poses for many unsuspecting men, adding that
the agency would continue to use multifaceted approach it adopted,
including strengthening of the pharmaceutical industries, to ensure that
the citizenry were protected from fake, substandard or contaminated
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NAHCON Gets FG’s Approval To Develop Commercial Properties - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 16, 2021
Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission ICRC, Manji Yarling in  a statement, said the approval was given at the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting. According to the statement, the project which will be carried out through PPP arrangement is to be on concession for a period of 35 years.
The Regulatory Commission said some of the benefits of the project would be to serve as a major source of internally generated revenue for the commission.
It would also extend the assets’ life, reduce life cycle costs, ensure availability and overall asset management methodology which would allow NAHCON to fully carry out its functions efficiently.
The statement said NAHCON was established to license, regulate, supervise and perform oversight functions over organisations, associations or similar bodies.

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NAHCON Pledges To Meet Aug. 6 Deadline For Pilgrims’ Airlift - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 31, 2019
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON says it willensure that all pilgrims from Nigeria are transported to Saudi Arabia beforethe August 6 deadline given by Saudi authorities for Nigerian pilgrims.
The NAHCON’s Madinah Coordinator for the 2019 Hajj, AhmedMaigari, stated this in Madinah, Saudi Arabia while speaking with journalists.
He said that the Commission had so far transported more thantwenty-six-thousand pilgrims from Nigeria to Madinah, adding that efforts werebeing intensified to transport the remaining pilgrims before the deadline.
The Coordinator noted that the innovation introduced fouryears ago had also reduced crossing of road by pilgrims and road accidentsamong the pilgrims. He said the innovation was to ensure that pilgrims gotvalue for their money during the Hajj.
Maigari, however, advised pilgrims to make use of theservices of the officials of the Commission, especially while changing theirmoney into other currencies, to avoid falling victim of people of questionablecharacters.


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NAHCON Tasks Tour Operators On 2020 Hajj - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 7, 2019
TheNational Hajj Commission of Nigeria NAHCON has given licensed tour operators adeadline of November 30th, to submit their online application for 2020 Hajj orface disqualification.
NAHCONHead of Public Affairs, Fatima Usara, said this in a statement shortly afterthe commission’s preparatory meeting for 2020 Hajj in Abuja on Wednesday.
Shesaid that the action was aimed at addressing challenges faced by pilgrims underprivate tour operators during the 2019 Hajj operation.
Usarasaid State Pilgrims Welfare Boards SPWBs and tour operators must registerparticulars of all intending pilgrims on NAHCON e-portal.
Shesaid the commission also resolved that SPWBs would be allowed to conduct Umrahoperations to boost their revenue.
Usarasaid, however, that they must have dedicated and certified staff to run theservice.
NAHCONduring the meeting resolved that funds for booking of lodging in Makkah andMadinah be deposited early and directly to property owners for better bargain.

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NAICOM Urges North To Deepen Insurance Penetration - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 11, 2022
The Commissioner for Insurance Chief Executive Officer, National Insurance Commission NAICOM, Olorundare Sunday Thomas spoke during a meeting with top government functionaries in Kano on the implementation of compulsory insurances in the state.
He said it is on this premise that they urged the government to set the pace for the north to embrace insurance, especially Takaful Insurance as an alternative to the conventional insurance to cater for sentiments of religion and tradition.
The partnership, he said, is an opportunity to assist the people when they needed it most and for the financial services sector to also increase financial inclusion which is one of the cardinal thrust that has been a forefront policy of the Federal Government for a sustainable development. He lauded Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for aligning with their objective to boost insurance penetration in the north

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Naira: CBN Allows Over-The-Counter Withdrawals, POS Operators Charge 10% - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 3, 2023
Emefiele gave the directive in a statement posted on the CBN Website and signed by the Director, Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi
He noted that the new directive would address the challenge of queues experienced at various commercial banks across the country.
According to him, in line with this resolve, the commencement of the payment of the redesigned Naira notes over the counter is subject to a maximum daily pay-out limit of 20,000 naira.”
The governor also said the bank had observed with grave concern, the activities of persons who were selling the newly redesigned banknotes and the queues at ATMs.

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Naira Crashes In Value, Dollar Sells For N420 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 13, 2020
Thenaira exchanged between 405 and 420 naira to a dollar in the Bureau De Changesegment of the market late yesterday and early this morning.
ThePresident, Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria, AminuGwadabe, explained that the crude oil price which fell drastically in theinternational market to as low as 35 dollars per barrel, raised speculations among the BDC operators and Nigerians ingeneral.
Hesaid this caused speculations in the market which were not necessary.
Gwadabeadded that with the fall in oil crude oil prices on Monday, which witnessed alot of foreign investor’s portfolio dropping their assets, most especially toconvert to cash.
ThePresident, while noting that the dollar sold for as high as 400 naira, saidsanity was gradually returning to the sector as it sold for 375 naira by theclose of the day.
Accordingto Gwadabe, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN had maintained stability at 360naira in more than three years. He said in its meeting with the CBN onThursday, the regulator warned the BDCs against contraventions.PENSION: KADUNABEGINS N30,000

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Naira Gains 0.23% Against The Dollar At Investors, Exporters Window - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 25, 2023
The open indicative rate closed at 464.29 naira to the dollar on Wednesday.
An exchange rate of 467 naira to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within Wednesday’s trading before it settled at 463.33 naira.
The naira sold for as low as 460 to the dollar within Wednesday’s trading.
A total of 77 million dollars was traded at the official Investors and Exporters window on Wednesday.


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Naira Notes Sale: Police Arrest 4 Suspects In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 18, 2019
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested four persons accused of illicit trading in naira notes.
The state’s Police Commissioner Aji Ali Janga who was represented by Deputy Commissioner, Administration Onah Sunny made this known to newsmen in Kaduna.
He said that the suspects were arrested during a joint operation on June 14, involving officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and DSS.
According to Ali, the sting operation aims at forestalling illicit sales of the country’s currency notes.
He added that a total of seven hundred and ninety eight thousand naira in various denominations and other exhibits were recovered from the suspects.
Janga said that investigation had already commenced on the matter to ascertain the source of the Naira notes, adding that the police and CBN would continue the clampdown on the perpetrators.
Janga appealed to the general public to desist from any of these acts and promptly report to the nearest security agency, any person seen doing so


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Naira Redesign: Emefiele Urges Nass, Nigerians To Show Understanding - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 1, 2023
Governor of CBN Godwin Emefiele made the call in Abuja before the House of Representatives’ fact finding ad hoc committee on the scarcity and the deadline for the old Naira notes.
The governor urged those affected by the policy to bear with the CBN, while urging Nigerians to comply with all directives.
He said out of N2.7 trillion old currency notes in circulation it had recovered N1.9 trillion, while commending Nigerians for complying with the implementation of the cashless policy.
Responding Chairman of the committee, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, said the CBN’s appearance was borne out of the respect he has for the institution.

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Naira Redesign: It Is Not An Economic Priority,CISLAC Carpets CBN - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 28, 2022
The Executive Director of CISLAC, Auwal Musa, made this known in a
statement, adding that there are more pressing needs that the CBN ought
to attend to, to set the economy on the path of revival.
Musa added that Nigerians’ concerned reactions to the announcement
were proof that the decision is a misplaced priority on the part of the
CBN.
He said the CBN should be more concerned with protecting foreign
exchange reserves from external outflows and making forex available to
the ordinary citizens who genuinely and legitimately need it, adding that
the huge blow to foreign direct investment was tantamount to the
inability of the CBN to do its job effectively.

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Naira Slide, Pushes Dangote Diesel To 1,100 Per Litre. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 23, 2024
This is due to the crash of the naira against the United States dollar.
Recall that on April 24, 2024, the Dangote refinery announced a further reduction in the prices of diesel.
And aviation fuel to 940 naira per litre and N980 naira per litre respectively.
In about a week, the multi-billion dollar facility again announced another reduction in the price of AGO
But noted at the time that the change was only applicable to dealers purchasing up to five million litres of diesel and above.
It was gathered on Tuesday that the cost of diesel from the plant had increased from the 940 naira per litre price.
A price that was announced by the plant in April to a new rate of 1,100 naira per litre.
Some other dealers who purchased lesser volumes said they got the product at 1,200 naira per litre.
Oil marketers told newsmen that the hike in diesel price by the $22bn worth refinery located in Epe, Lagos.
Was due to the recent southward movement of the naira against the dollar.


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NAMA Inaugurates 85- Man Committee On Volcanic Ash Eruption Mock Exercise - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 7, 2021
The NAMA Managing Director, Fola Akinkuotu, said at inauguration in Abuja that the committee, who were stakeholders from several Ministries, Departments and Agencies, would synergise toward successful mock exercise.
Akinkuotu, who was represented by the NAMA Director of Operations, Mathew Pawajok, said the committee members were staff of  National Hospital Abuja, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, NAMA, AIB, NEMA, NiMet, DSS, FAAN, NSCDC among others.
According to him, the proposed mock exercise is in compliance with requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

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Namibia: Ruling Party Launches Election Manifesto - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
October 5, 2019
Namibia’s ruling party, South WestAfrica People’s Organisation, SWAPO launched its election manifesto today.
The launch in Outapi in northernNamibia signalled an all-out campaign for the ruling party in preparation forthe forthcoming national election.
The party promised to spearheadefforts on ways to economically empower young people, who are mostly unemployedand give preferential treatment to Namibian companies in the public procurementsystem.
The party’s Secretary General,Sophia Shaningwa reiterated the need to fight corruption and increase theparticipation of women, youth and people with disabilities in leadership anddecision-making positions.
SWAPO will be represented in theNovember 27 elections by incumbent President Hage Geingob.

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NANS Gives Federal Govt, ASUU 9 Days To Open Varsities - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 11, 2022
They lamented that the strike embarked upon by ASUU and other unions had not received the sincere attention of the federal government.
ASUU had extended its three-month old warning strike by yet another three months. The union had embarked on a nationwide warning strike on February 14, 2022.
The industrial action was aimed at pressing home its demands which include revitalisation of public universities, earned academic allowances and the deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution for payment of university lecturers.


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NANS Plans Dealing With South African Perpetrators - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 3, 2019
The National Association of NigerianStudents, NANS has said that it has concluded plans to deal severely with thosebehind the resurgence of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and their businessesin South Africa.
The NANS National President,Danielson Akpan said that the students’ body had decided that it would dealwith the perpetrators of the acts.
NANS had earlier in the month,picketed South African businesses in various parts of the country in protestagainst the persistent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in that country.
Akpan had added that NANS woulddemand the intervention of the international community on the attacks duringits nationwide protest.
Meanwhile, the President of theNigeria Union in South Africa, Adetola Olubajo in a statement, noted that afurniture shop, an electronics shop and a gold exchange shop owned by Nigerianswere among the shops destroyed during the attacks.The rampaging South Africans also targeted otherbusinesses and facilities owned by Nigerians, including a private medicalclinic, an automobile spare parts shop and a Church building, among othersn+��E۸Z

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NAPTIP Calls On Nollywood To Join Hands In Fighting Human Trafficking - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 25, 2021
The Director-General DG, Fatima Waziri, made the call at the premiere of the movie ‘Enslaved’, a film based on the fight against human trafficking and child labour in Nigeria.
Also, it was the premiere and the launch of the ‘One Community Campaign’.
The DG, said that the film industry, both in Nigeria and across the world, had over the years played a vital role in the agency’s agenda of meeting its mandate.
The movie, Enslaved, was directed and produced by Ugochukwu Ohuonu, aka Twenty Mouth.
Enslaved is a true-life story on human trafficking, child labour and sexual exploitation of young Nigerian girls who are trafficked within States to big cities to further their education by people they hold in high esteem in their communities.
He encouraged everyone to be an agent in ensuring that the evil was brought to bear.

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NAPTIP Cautions Media Partners On Fake News, Hate Content - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
February 27, 2020
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons NAPTIP has cautioned its media partners to beware of fake news and hate content against the agency.
The Head,Press and Public Relations Unit of the agency, Stella Nezan, made this known ina statement in Abuja.
She saidthat the agency would not be moved by the concocted report and would continueto do its work as the foremost counter-trafficking agency as the mandate givento it by Nigerians.
She saidthat the fight against human trafficking had the tendency of fighting back, andthat the agency shall continue to welcome stakeholders and partners who werewilling to work with it to end the scourge of human traffic king in Nigeria.

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NAPTIP Charges Director, 2 Others To Court Over Alleged Sexual Exploitation Of Minor - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 26, 2020
National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffickingin Persons NAPTIP says it has charged to court a director and two others fromSokoto State over alleged sexual exploitation of a minor.
NAPTIP said this in a statement by Adekoye Vincent,of the Press and Public Relations Unit, on Tuesday in Abuja.
The agency said the accused were Director ofFinance, Ahmed Yahaya, Sokoto State Urban and Regional Planning Board, MrIbrahim Isah, the state Internal Auditor and the Special Assistant to theFinance Director Habibu Abdullahi.
NAPTIP said the case was referred to it by theNational Human Rights Commission, Sokoto State Office.
It said that the culprits were said to have carriedout the sexual exploitation on the 12-year-old name withheld who sold purewater within the jurisdiction of their offices.
It alleged that, sometimes in May 2019, the victimcame to the office of the suspects seeking financial assistance and they alltook the advantage, to have illicit sex with the girl one after the other.

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NAPTIP: Director Cautions Nigerians On Visa Lottery - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
June 11, 2019
DirectorIntelligence, Public Enlightenment of National Agency for Prohibition ofTrafficking in Persons, NAPTIP Orakwue Arinze, has called on Nigerians to shuninvesting in visa lotteries, saying they are scams.
Arinzemade the call while briefing journalists at a one-day international conferenceon illegal migration and trafficking in persons conference, organised byNigerian Young Professional Forum, today in Abuja.
He,however, decried inadequate funding of the educational sector in the country,attributing it to why Nigerians patronise visa lotteries and indulge in illegalmigration.
Toavoid scams and issues associated with such, he admonished those craving to goabroad by all means not to patronise visa lottery advertorials.
Theevent, themed ‘Strengthening multi-stakeholder partnership and creatingcooperation in curbing illegal migration and human trafficking,’ was attendedby officials from diverse professional backgrounds.


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NAPTIP Inaugurates State-Of- The Arts Operational Facility In Benin - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 29, 2020
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons NAPTIP in Benin, inaugurated state-of-the arts operational facility donated by the British Government to the Benin Zonal Command of the Agency.
Reports say the gifted facilities comprised victim’scare centre, interrogation rooms and a reception hall.
In her remarks during the inauguration, DirectorGeneral, of the Agency Julie Okah- Donli, commended the British Government’scommitment in fighting prevention of human trafficking with additional hugefinancial resources.
She noted that the British Government has beencommitted to the partnership with the agency in tackling the incidences of humantrafficking from the roots.
She gave assurance that 2020 would be desperatelyhot for human traffickers across the nation.


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NAPTIP Investigate 40 Rape Cases - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 29, 2020
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons NAPTIP, has said about 40 cases involving domestic and sexual violence, sexual abuse of minors, rape, incest, sodomy, are presently under investigation.
Director-General of NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli said this at the commissioning of a water project donated by ex-beauty queen and founder, African Scholars Care Initiative, Joy Onumajuru-Osomiamhe, to the LEA primary school in Jahi 1, Abuja.
Okah-Donli said these cases were recorded during the five weeks lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari.
She noted that some persons took advantage of the period to unleash violence on their loved ones who are mostly women.
She added that over 400 persons have been prosecuted for human trafficking.
She warned that the agency would not hesitate to invoke the relevant laws to deal with anyone found to be disturbing the peace of the nation at this period.


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NAPTIP Orders Manhunt Of Trans-Border Trafficking Suspect - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 13, 2022
NAPTIP’s spokesperson, Vincent Adekoye, made this known in a statement he issued on Monday in Abuja.
He stated that the suspect took a 16-year-old-girl and her son from a community in Anambra to Ghana from where she allegedly recruits victims from remote villages in Nigeria.
He quoted Waziri-Azi as directing an increased surveillance and round-the-clock monitoring of another suspect in the case, popularly known as Zuma.
Zuma was said to be the facilitator behind the recruitment and transportation of trafficked victims to Ghana.
Adekoye observed that Zuma’s recent release by NAPTIP in Anambra elicited negative reactions from the people of Awka-Etiti in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state.

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NAPTIP Partners ABC Transport To Fight Human Trafficking - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 9, 2022
The Deputy Director Legal and Prosecution Department, NAPTIP, Ijeoma Amugo, said at the launch in Lagos that the project was sponsored by the Canadian Government.
Amugo said the project would enlighten the ABC Transport drivers, passengers and the general public on human trafficking activities.
She added that the anti-human trafficking project would expose the company’s stakeholders to the signs they would use to identify victims of traffickers and the perpetrators.
Amugo said  a hotline and toll free  number 627 would  be on the company’s buses for members of the public to reach out to NAPTIP.
The Group Managing Head, Location, Management and Strategy, ABC Transport, Victor Nneji, said that the company would support the valuable project.

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NAPTIP Sensitises Jigawa Border Communities On Human Trafficking - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 18, 2022
It is in collaboration with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, ICMPD, and the Nigerien National Agency for the Fight against Trafficking in Persons and Illicit Trafficking of Migrants.
Report says the exercise was conducted in Maigatari town, a border community with Niger Republic in Maigatari Local Government Area, Jigawa.
The Director-General, NAPTIP Hadiza Waziri Azi, said the exercise was to enlighten members of the communities on dangers associated with human trafficking and irregular migration, adding that the sensitisation would educate members of the community, particularly youth and women, who are vulnerable to human trafficking.
On her part, Head Region, ICMPD West Africa, Mojisola Sodeinde, said the exercise was part of the activities implemented under the framework of the project themed “Strengthening Niger-Nigeria Cooperation on Countering Trafficking in Human Beings”.

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NAPTIP To Establish Task Forces - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 1, 2019
National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in PersonsNAPTIP with support from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC says itis partnering state and non-state actors to establish Task Forces on humantrafficking.
Sylvester Atere, Communications Officer, UNODC Nigeria,disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to him, this is part of efforts to decreasevulnerabilities to trafficking of women, children and the youth.
Atere said the major output of the project was to support animproved partnership coordination in the referral process for the support andprotection of trafficked victims.
He said that the first State Task Force was established byEdo Government followed by Ondo, Delta and Ekiti, adding that other States wereexpected to follow soon.
Atere quoted UNODC Executive Director, Yury Fedotov, in hisstatement to commemorate world Day against Trafficking in Persons, as saying:“Tackling human trafficking brings us closer to achieving the SustainableDevelopment Goals.

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NAPTIP Vows To Tackle Illegal Recruitment Of Nigerians Abroad - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 12, 2019
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking inPersons, NAPTIP has vowed to tackle illegal recruitment of unsuspectingNigerians for sexual and labour exploitation in foreign countries.
A statement by the Head, Press and Public Relations unit ofthe agency Stella Nezan in Abuja said that the resolution was reached at thefirst inaugural meeting of the Board of the agency, presided over by theChairman Abubakar Gotomo.
According to Nezan, the board also promised to interfacewith the leadership of recruitment agencies in Nigeria, Federal Ministry ofLabour and other relevant agencies to stem human trafficking.
She added that the move was also to curtail the disturbingphenomenon which brought pains and agonies to many trafficked victims.
The Spokesman said that the board chairman expressed sadnessover the activities of self-acclaimed licenced recruitment agencies whocontinued to ship innocent Nigerians abroad for exploitative purposes.t]2}�D3�


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Narcotic War: Iran Executes Five People Over Drug Trafficking. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 17, 2023
The convicts, all criminals and armed drug smugglers, had been sentenced to death by hanging in a verdict upheld by Iran’s top court. The latest hangings bring to eight the number of people executed in less than a week over drug smuggling.
On Wednesday, the judiciary executed three convicted drug cartel members, following warnings from the United Nations over the frighteningly high number of executions in the country.
More than 210 people have already been executed in Iran this year, most of them for drug-related offences, but a United Nations statement said the actual number is likely much higher.
At least 582 people were executed in Iran last year, the highest number of executions in the country since 2015 and well above the 333 recorded in 2021.


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Narcotic War: NDLEA Arrests Insurgents’ Drug Supplier, Intercepts 7.6 Tons Of Illicit Drugs. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 15, 2024
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 42-year-old man said to be transporting thousands of concealed opioid pills to an insurgents’ enclave in the Banki area of Borno State.
The suspect was among the 24 people accused of trafficking drugs across the country, NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday, saying the operations led to the seizure of over 7,609 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs in eight states.
According to the statement, bulk of the seizures was made in Nasarawa state where NDLEA operatives, acting on credible intelligence on Sunday, February 4, intercepted a truck conveying 367 jumbo bags of cannabis sativa from Akure, Ondo state, to be delivered at Shabu area of Lafia, the state capital.
Three suspects nabbed in connection with the seizure were Shuaibu Yahaya Liman, Monday Audu and Linus Samuel.
In Abuja, NDLEA officials arrested the duo of Jibrin Shuaibu, and Prosper Innih with 169 bags and 80 blocks of compressed cannabis sativa weighing 1,961.5kgs concealed in a truck on Monday, February 5.

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Narcotics: Agency Arrests Pregnant Woman, Seizes Of Substance Over 4,000kg In 8 States - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 20, 2021
Director, Media and Advocacy of the agency Femi Babafemi said four men including a 62-year-old were also arrested with 182,000 tablets of Tramadol during the raid.
He added that the 27-year-old pregnant woman was arrested on December 17 when operatives raided her store and home in the Ojo area of Lagos.
Babafemi said another suspect was also nabbed with 29 kilograms kg of the illicit drug in the same location.
The Spokesman said in similar raids across eight other states of Rivers, Kogi, Benue, Adamawa, Anambra, Edo, Ekiti and Ondo, more than 4,000 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs were seized.
He added that during a routine stop and search at Obigbo, on Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway, NDLEA intercepted a consignment of Tramadol.

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Narcotics: Army Officers Arrest Suspected Drug Peddler With 60 Wraps Of Cocaine - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
November 23, 2019
The 9 Brigade Command of the NigeriaArmy, Ikeja Cantonment in Lagos State has paraded a hard drug peddler, OkaforCollins caught with 60 wraps of substance suspected to be cocaine in FestacTown Lagos.
The Commander of the Brigade,Brigadier General Musa Etsu-Ndagi, told newsmen that the suspect was arrestedby the men of the Exercise Crocodile Smile, adding that the exercise wasalready yielding results.
He added that the suspect would behanded over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for furtherinvestigation.
The Commander advised drug dealers todesist from trading in such substances saying it was increasing crime in thesociety. He advised drug dealers to look for legitimate ways of making money,saying that the Army was out to deal with all criminal elements in the society.
The suspect, Okafor, said that heregretted his actions in dealing in hard drugs, saying that depression andunemployment made him go into dealing in illicit drugs.

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Narcotics: NDLEA Arrests 15 Suspects, Seizes N100m Worth Of Drugs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
September 27, 2019
The Kaduna State Command of the National Drug LawEnforcement Agency, NDLEA has arrested fifteen suspects over drugs relatedoffences and seized tramadol and other substances worth one hundred millionnaira.
The NDLEA’s state Commander, Bala Fage at a news briefingsaid the command had the highest breakthrough in the fight against drugtrafficking and abuse this month, adding that there are four persons currentlyundergoing treatment at its rehabilitation centre.
He mentioned that the command made the seizure in Zaria,Kafanchan, Saminaka and Kaduna metropolis.
Fage also commended the state government for the supportrendered to the command in its war against drugs abuse in the state.

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Narcotics: NDLEA Arrests 72-Yrs Man, Five Undergraduates Over 5,000kg Of Hard Drugs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 6, 2021
NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi in a statement in Abuja said the operations across nine states and at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos yielded over 5,000 kilogrammes of marijuana also called Indian hemp and other drugs.
He added that the 72-year-old man was arrested at Odofin Camp, Uso, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State with about 2,000 kilograms of drug and that the university students belong to the American University of Nigeria, (AUN) Yola, Adamawa state and the University of Maiduguri, Borno state.
Babafemi said one Okorie Onyeribe was arrested at the MMIA on December 3, attempting to export 21.85 kilograms marijuana concealed in foodstuffs to London.
The Spokesman also stated that two students, Emmanuel Thlama and Jonah Joshua among others were arrested with 16.750 kilograms of Indian hemp when NDLEA operatives raided a settlement opposite Gate 4 of the University of Maiduguri.

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Narcotics: NDLEA Arrests Pregnant Woman, Others For Drug Offences - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 20, 2021
NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi, in a statement in Abuja, explained that the operatives had continued their nationwide “offensive action” against drug traffickers in the past week.
He said the offensive had led to the seizing of hundreds of kilogrammes of illicit substances at the airports, courier firms, hideouts and the destruction of hectares of cannabis farms in remote forests.
According to him, attempts by a female passenger, Isesele Obehi, to export illicit drugs to Europe through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, was aborted. He added that one Emmanuel Omebere attempt at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to also export illicit drugs was frustrated by narcotic officers who arrested him shortly before he boarded his flight.
The Spoikesman also said in the same vein, efforts by desperate traffickers to export varying sizes of consignments containing cocaine, heroin and other illicit drugs through courier firms were also foiled.

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Narcotics: NDLEA Arrests Septuagenarian Over Import Of Drugged Chocolates - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 10, 2022
Spokesman of NDLEA Femi Babafemi, in a statement said the amn popularly called Old Soldier was arrested in Oredo area of the state for dealing in Cannabis. He also explained that Godwin was nabbed during a controlled delivery of a consignment shipped into the country through a courier company.
Babafemi stated that the consignment, which emanated from Canada, contains the Colorado brand of Cannabis concealed inside chocolates and cookies weighing 6.491kilograms, while the drug cookies and chocolates weighed 5.566 kilograms.
Also, NDLEA Chairman Mohamed Buba Marwa commended the officers and men of Edo, Enugu Airport, Niger, Ogun, Kwara, Plateau, Rivers, Ondo, Benue and Delta Commands. He also applauded those of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigations for beginning the New Year with a strong message to drug cartels that the Agency will not relent in its efforts against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria.

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Narcotics: NDLEA Destroys 11,669 Kg Of Illicit Drugs Worth N1.65bn In Nasarawa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 11, 2019
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has destroyed 11,669 eleven-thousand-six-hundred-and-sixty-nine kilogrammes of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances worth about 1.65 billion naira.
Accordingto NDLEA Commander in Nasarawa State, Justice Arinze the exhibits were seizedfrom dealers in the state. He said that the public destruction of recovereddrug exhibits was part of the agency’s strategy to permanently take drugs outof circulation.
Arinzegave the breakdown of the exhibits to includeeight-thousand-six-hundred-thirty-two-thousand kilogrammes of Cannabis Sativaand over three thousand kilograms of psychotropic substances such as Tramadol,Codeine and Rophynol.
Hesaid that dealers from whom the exhibits were seized had already beenprosecuted before the Federal High Court in Lafia.
Arinzesaid that the destruction of the drugs was significant in view of theirnegative consequences on society which included mental disorder, violentcrimes, kidnapping and other social vices.
Inhis remark, Chairman of NDLEA, Muhammad Abdullah said that the destruction ofthe drugs was to safeguard public health and safety. He said that Nasarawa wasvulnerable to drug shipment given its strategic location and proximity to theFederal Capital Territory, FCT.

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Narcotics: NDLEA In Kano Arrests Suspects With 2.927kg Cocaine - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 20, 2019
TheKano State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA says ithas arrested two suspects in possession of over two-point-nine kilograms ofcocaine in the State.
The NDLEA Commander in Kano, Ibrahim Abdul, who announcedthis while briefing newsmen in Kano, said the suspects were arrested in a hotelalong Katsina road in the city.
According to Abdul, the arrest was first of its kind in theKano Command, but similar to its recent discovery of a cannabis Sativa farm inthe state.
He explained that for over a month, the Command had beentracking and monitoring movement of the suspects, following intelligencereport by its men. He said they were arrested while swallowing the cocaine,which was to be transported to Saudi Arabia en-route Sudan.
The Commander explained that the arrest was as a result ofNDLEA’s current efforts towards ending drug abuse and trafficking in the state,


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Narcotics: NDLEA Intercepts 500kg Of Cannabis, Destroys Farmland In Kwara - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
October 2, 2019
TheNational Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has intercepted a vehicle loadedwith five hundred kilograms of cannabis and destroyed farmland in Ilorin, Kwarastate.
TheNDLEA Kwara state Commander Ambrose Umoru who made this known at a newsconference in Ilorin, said five suspects were arrested in the process ofintercepting the vehicle.
Umorusaid that the vehicle was intercepted on the Jebba-Mokwa expressway.
Headded that the driver of the vehicle and an accomplice concealed the exhibitwith other items in the vehicle heading to the northern part of the country
Umorusaid that investigation revealed that the driver specialised in using thetruck, which belongs to a Chinese company, to convey cannabis from the westernpart of the country to the North.

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Narcotics: NDLEA Seizes N100Bn Illicit Drugs In 8 Months - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 6, 2021
Spokesman of the agency Femi Babafemi, told newsmen that the agency’s operatives  also arrested 8,634 suspected drug traffickers during the period, including 6,461 males and 547 females. He added that the NDLEA destroyed 1,202 hectares of cannabis farms in various states across the country, while more than 10 million Nigerians abused drugs in the period under review.
The Agency’s Spokesman assured Nigerians that with over 8,634 arrests and drugs worth over 100 billion naira seized, they were sure the ugly situation would be tackled.
He also announced that about 4,269 drug users have been counselled and rehabilitated between January and August stating that the ongoing War Against Drug Abuse, WADA would curb the twin evils of drug abuse and trafficking.

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NARD Strike: Court Adjourns Case Against Doctors Till September 15 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
August 16, 2021
The Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Chris Ngige took the striking doctors to court over the abdication of their responsibilities.
The Industrial Court summoned the doctors to explain why the “no work, no pay” rule should not be applied against them.
The resident doctors began an indefinite strike on August 2, 2021, due to the failure of the government to meet most of their demands.


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NARD Strike: Court Orders Resident Doctors To Suspend Industrial Action - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 17, 2021
All parties have also been asked to return to the negotiating table.
The negotiation and possible settlement, between the Federal Government – through the Ministry of Labour and Employment, and the Nigerian Resident Doctors (NARD), failed.

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NARD Strike: NMA Threatens To Join Strike - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 6
August 14, 2021
NMA warned that it would join force if resident doctors were not paid all their due wages to call off the strike.
NMA in a statement issued on Friday, signed by its Chairman on Inter Affiliate Affairs, Dr Rosemary Uzowulu, titled: “high cost of governance maintained yet payment of doctors to avert health sector destruction a failure from government”, described the ongoing strike as uncalled for if those in corridors of power were sincere.
The body of doctors accused the political leaders of playing game with health of Nigerians because they could afford overseas medical treatment.

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NARD Strike: Resident Doctors Suspend Strike After Two Months - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
October 4, 2021
Members of the association voted in favour of suspending the industrial action during a meeting held on Sunday.
A member of the association confirmed the development to newsmen,He said that 56 officials voted for the suspension of the industrial action, against 28 who wanted the strike to continue.
The resident doctors embarked on a nationwide strike on August 2 to protest several issues that affect them.
These include the non-payment of death benefits to families of members who died while treating COVID-19 patients, as well as non-payment of hazard allowance and arrears of salaries of members in various states.
In its bid to get the doctors back to work, the Federal Government had convened several meetings with the association, but the talks failed to resolve the impasse with both parties trading accusations in the media.
The government also sued the association at the National Industrial Court in Abuja and Justice Bashar Alkali who presided over the matter ordered the resident doctors to suspend their strike and return to work immediately, pending the determination of the substantive suit.

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NARD Strike: Return To The Negotiating Table, Mamora Appeals To Striking Doctors - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 11, 2021
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora has
appealed to the striking National Association of Resident Doctors
(NARD) to return to the negotiating table.
He said that the ministry is not happy with what is going on because the
primary duty of a doctor is to save lives and “any situation that can
result in not completing that task is not one that is welcome anywhere.
Dr. Mamora made the appeal on Monday.
The resident doctors embarked on an indefinite strike on August 2, over
irregularities and owing salaries to housing officers.
They claimed that the Federal Government has been mute since the
commencement of the industrial action.
But the minister denied the claims made by the striking doctors that it
has taken 113 days of silence from the Federal Government since an
agreement was signed which caused the ongoing industrial action.
According to him, there is a level to which the Federal Government can
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NARD Strike: Return To The Negotiating Table, Mamora Appeals To Striking Doctors - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
August 9, 2021
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora has
appealed to the striking National Association of Resident Doctors
(NARD) to return to the negotiating table.
He said that the ministry is not happy with what is going on because the
primary duty of a doctor is to save lives and “any situation that can
result in not completing that task is not one that is welcome anywhere.
Dr. Mamora made the appeal on Monday.
The resident doctors embarked on an indefinite strike on August 2, over
irregularities and owing salaries to housing officers.
They claimed that the Federal Government has been mute since the
commencement of the industrial action.
But the minister denied the claims made by the striking doctors that it
has taken 113 days of silence from the Federal Government since an
agreement was signed which caused the ongoing industrial action.
According to him, there is a level to which the Federal Government can
get involved, but ‘what the doctors should have done is to appeal to the
Federal Government to speak with the state government on their behalf”.

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NARD Strike: We Will Withdraw Court Case If You Go Back To Work, FG Tells Striking Doctors - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 6, 2021
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said this on Sunday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The Minister explained that some workers had lost their pay during previous strikes (under the “no work, no pay” rule) and the same punishment will be meted out to the striking doctors if they refuse to resume.
The Minister also revealed that a list of 8,000 doctors to benefit from the Medical Residency Training Fund is being considered by the government.


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NARTO Calls Off Strike As FG Begins Bridging Claims Payment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 21, 2024
The Federal Government said though NARTO’s issues were purely commercial but its intervention and transportation claims payment became necessary to ensure fuel availability nationwide and maintain a business friendly environment.
Minister of State Petroleum Resources Heineken Lokpobiri, announced this after a meeting with some major oil marketers, hosted by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority in Abuja.
The meeting was a continuation of the meeting which began on Monday to resolve issues hindering the operations of the oil marketers who embarked on strike.
Fuel queues and emerging scarcity were witnessed at fuel stations in the FCT and nationwide as a result of the suspension of fuel transportation and distribution by NARTO.
Also speaking, NARTO President, Yusuf Othman, said the engagement did not concern pump price of fuel as the price remained the same, but its agitation bothered on freight rate for the transportation of fuel.

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Nasarar Zabe: INEC Za Ta Ba Zababbun Sanatoci Shadar Lashe Zabubbuka - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 12, 2019
Hukumarzabe mai zaman kan ta ta kasa INEC, ta ce za ta ba sanatoci da ‘yan majalisarwakilai shadar lashe zaben ranar 23 ga watan Fabrairu na shekara ta 2019.
Saidai hukumar ta ce wadanda sunayen su su ka bayyana a shafin ta na Intanet nekawai za ta ba shahadar.
Kawoyanzu dai, sanatoci 100 ne a cikin kujeru 109 da Nijeriya ta ke da su hukumarta bayyana sunayen su, yayin da ta ce za ta sanya sunayen sanatocin da su kalashe zaben da aka sake yi a ranar 9 ga watan Maris.Yanzu haka dai Sanatoci100 da aka bayyana sunayen su, 62 ‘yan jam’iyyar APC ne, sai kuma 37 na jam’iyyarPDP da kuma guda daya na jam’iyyar YPP.


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Nasarar Zabe: Mukhtar Shehu Na APC Ya Lashe Zaben Gwamna A Zamfara - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 11, 2019
Dantakarar gwamnan jihar Zamfara na jam’iyyar APC Alhaji Mukhtar Shehu ya lashezaben da ya gudana a ranar Asabar, 9 ga watan Maris.
Baturenzabe na jihar Farfesa Kabiru Bala na jami’ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zariya, ya ce MukhtarShehu ya samu kuri’u dubu 534 da 541.
Sai kuma babban abokin karawar san a jam’iyyar PDP Dakta Bello Matawallen Maradun da ya samu kuri’u dubu 189 da 452.


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Nasarar Zabe: Shugaba Buhari Ya Karbi Shahadar Lashe Zaben Da Ya Gudana - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 27, 2019
Hukumarzabe mai zaman kan ta ta kasa INEC, ta mika wa shugaban kasa Muhammadu Buharida abokin takarar sa Yemi Osinbajo shahadar lashe zaben da su ka yi.
Andai ba shugaba Buhari shahadar da ke nuna cewa shi ya zo na farko a zaben daaka yi a karshen makon da ya gabata.
ShugabaMuhammadu Buhari, ya mika godiya da duk mutanen da su ka zabe shi, tare da nunajimamin sa ga wadanda su ka rasa iyalan su da ‘yan ‘uwa sakamakon rikicin da yabarke a lokacin zabe.
Buhariya bayyana haka ne, yayin jawabin da ya gabatar a wajen taron jam’iyyar APC daya gudana a Abuja, inda ya jinjina wa daukacin mutanen da su ka taimaka wajen ganinya sake zarcewa a kan mulki.
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Nasarawa Attack: Two Frsc Officials Killed, 10 Kidnapped - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 6
September 15, 2020
Two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been killed in an attack by gunmen.
The attack occurred on Monday at Udege junction, along Mararaban-Udege between Adoka, Nasarawa State.
The FRSC Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem, confirmed this in a statement.
He said one of the victims died during the attack while another officer died in the hospital, adding that four others were injured.
According to Kazeem, eight corps escaped unhurt, adding that 10 were abducted.

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Nasarawa: Civil Defence Corps Hands Over Intercepted Items To Railway Corporation. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 10, 2023
DSC Jerry Victor, the Public Relations Officer, PRO, who represented the state commandant, Abbas Bappa-Muhammed, revealed this to newsmen in Lafia.
He explained that the personnel of the Anti-vandal and Intelligence Units at different points within the state intercepted vandalised railway materials, including railway slippers, ballast, and others.
The Regional District Manager of the NRC, North Central District, with its headquarters in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Austen Ashibekong, while receiving the items, assured that they would help to tackle some of the problems facing the corporation.


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Nasarawa: State Assembly Suspends Gov. Sule’s SA On Development Control To Pave Way For Investigations - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 6
September 12, 2020
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has suspended the Senior Special Assistance to State Governor on Development Control, Stanley Buba, to pave way for investigation on the activities of the State Urban Development Board.
Speaker of the Assembly, Ibrahim Balarabe, announced the suspension during its sitting in Lafia.

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NASENI Signs MoU With Indonesian Coy To Construct Coal Fertilizer Plant - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 13, 2022
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of NASENI, Mohammed Haruna, made this known in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Social Media, Peter Ewu, today in Abuja.
Ewu explained that the MoU was the first of various MoU’s to be signed during the working visit of the Nigerian delegation to Indonesia.
Haruna was qouted as thanking Saputra Global Harvest for a good working relationship and he extolled the transformative leadership of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for championing the realisation of the long overdue bilateral relationship between Nigeria and Indonesia.
He further stated that, NASENI would remain a willing partner in the production of coal fertilizers as well as export to other African countries.
The NASENI boss expressed appreciation to the Embassy of Indonesia in Nigeria for its active participation, promotion and support.

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NASRDA Unveils Five Quick-Win Projects To Aid Indigenous Satellite Design, Development - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 11, 2021
The projects, which were researched and designed by the agency’s subsidiary, Centre for Satellite Technology Development, took six months to complete.
The projects included a Tubesat, Unmanned Ground Vehicle, Low Frequency Satellite Receiver, Altitude Determination and Control System for Application in Micro-Satellite and S-Band Signal Filtration for a Low Earth Orbit LEO Ground Station.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Science and Technology, Sunday Akpan, while commending the efforts of NASRDA and their engineers, noted the country was shifting from resource to a knowledge-based economy.
He assured that the government would keep supporting talents and ideas that addressed needs through local content.

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NASS 2018 Budget: Saraki Releases Details,Makes It Public - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
April 12, 2019
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has released details of National Assembly’s 2018 budget in public domain.
The 45-page document shows that a total of N139.5 billion was budgeted for the National Assembly in the year 2018. Of this sum, N35.6 billion was earmarked for the Senate, while the House of Representatives got N57,425,137,793.
Again, N10,202,095,928 was budgeted for legislative aides, the National Assembly office got N15,389,235,912, while the National Assembly Commission got N2,736,081,266.
The National Assembly Legislative Institute got N4,373,813,596,  while N1,145,143,254 was appropriated for service-wide vote of the Legislature.
The release came on the heels of the pressure mounted on the Senate by Nigeria’s budget watchdog, BudgIT.
Saraki had taken to his verified Twitter handle @SPNigeria on Friday, in a tweet publicly addressed to BudgIT.
BudgIT Nigeria, a civic tech organisation that claims to “raise the standards of transparency, citizen engagement and accountability .


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NASS: APC Mobilising Govs, Key Chieftains Ahead Of 9th Assembly For Loyalty - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 25, 2019
Theleadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has started mobilizinggovernors elected on its platform and key chieftains to ensure that theleaderships of both chambers of National Assembly are “loyalists.”
Thereturning members of the APC caucuses in the two chambers, including new comersand the party’s national leadership in Abuja, were now disposed to sorting outissues ahead of the inauguration of the National Assembly.
Itwas gathered that governors elected on the platform of the APC had been advisedto work together with Senators and House of Representatives members from theirstate to ensure the success of the party in the National Assembly.
Themove, it was gathered, followed the purported plot by the outgoing SenatePresident, Bukola Saraki, to influence the emergence of a new Senate leadershipwhen the 9th Senate is inaugurated in June, this year.


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NASS Commission Reiterates Commitment To Staff Welfare - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 16, 2021
Executive Chairman of the commission Ahmed Amshi made the pledge after monitoring the 2021 induction/orientation programme for Legislative Aides, held in Abuja, with the theme: “Equipping legislative aides with the tools to meet the challenges of legislative business in the 21st Century,”
He said the commission was working on an adjustment in the minimum wage of the legislative aides.
The Executive Chairman, while commenting on outstanding arrears of some legislative aides, explained that the commission will discuss the matter with the management of the National Assembly.
He however urged the participants to imbibe the spirit of self-development to help themselves in the discharge of their duties.

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NASS Election: Dogara Congratulates Lawan, Gbajabiamila - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 12, 2019
Immediate past Speakerof the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has congratulated Ahmad Lawanand Femi Gbaja-biamila on their election as Senate President and Speaker of the9  Senate and  House of Representativesrespectively.
Dogara alsofelicitated with Ovie Omo-Agege and Ahmed Idris Wase for their emergence asDeputy Senate President and Deputy Speaker.
In a statement issuedby his spokesman, Turaki Hassan, Dogara described the emergence of the newleaders of the National Assembly as the reflection of the wishes of themajority of Senators and  Honourable Members.
Dogara, who defeatedGbajabiamila in 2015 to become speaker, prayed God for guidance for the newlyelected leaders.
The former speakeralso restated his continued commitment and support toward the success of the 9 NationalAssembly through enthronement of democratic ideals and legislativeinterventions geared towards the development of the Nigerian nation.


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NASS Election: Dogara Congratulates Lawan, Gbajabiamila - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
June 12, 2019
Immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has congratulated Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbaja-biamila on their election as Senate President and Speaker of the 9th  Senate and  House of Representatives respectively.
Dogara also felicitated with Ovie Omo-Agege and Ahmed Idris Wase for their emergence as Deputy Senate President and Deputy Speaker.
In a statement issued by his spokesman, Turaki Hassan, Dogara described the emergence of the new leaders of the National Assembly as the reflection of the wishes of the majority of Senators and  Honourable Members.
Dogara, who defeated Gbajabiamila in 2015 to become speaker, prayed God for guidance for the newly elected leaders.
The former speaker also restated his continued commitment and support toward the success of the 9th National Assembly through enthronement of democratic ideals and legislative interventions geared towards the development of the Nigerian nation.


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NASS/FEC Relationship: Buhari Hosts NASS Leadership To Breaking Of Fast, Says Nigeria Deserves More - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 15, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has reviewed the relationship between the Executive arm of the government and the outgoing 8th National Assembly and concluded that it was not the best, and that the country deserves more.
The president made this known when he hosted the leadership of the National Assembly led by Senate President Bukola Saraki to iftar dinner at the State House, Abuja.
President Buhari said the nation deserved better than what it got and hoped for a better working relationship between the two arms of government with the forthcoming 9th National Assembly.
He stressed that the principal task of the National Assembly is to cooperate with the Executive to lift people out of poverty.
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki assured the President that the National Assembly would maintain focus on national interest at all times.
The event was attended by the Deputy Senate President, Speaker Yakubu Dogara and the the Deputy Speaker, the Majority and Minority leaders and the Majority and Minority Whips and their deputies.


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NASS: Gbajabiamila Says They Will Perform Better Than The Eighth - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
June 24, 2019
The Speaker ofthe House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila has said Nigerians shouldexpect better service delivery from the ninth National Assembly.
Gbajabiamilagave the commitment in Lagos while speaking at a reception dinner organised forhim by the state government.
The dinner wasattended by prominent personalities including Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun Stateand Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau State.
National leaderof the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; a former governorof Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba; and a former governor of Oyo State, Sen.Abiola Ajumobi, were also among those present.
Gov. BabajideSanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, were with Gbajabiamila to receiveguests at the dinner.


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NASS Inauguration: Tight Security As Members-Elect Continue Accreditation Ahead Of Tuesday - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
June 10, 2019
Securityhas been beefed up at the National Assembly as members-elect continueaccreditation ahead of inauguration of the 9th National Assembly on Tuesday.
Allstaff and visitors to the national assembly were critically checked beforebeing allowed entry into the premises, those who could not identify themselvesproperly were turned back.
Meanwhile,there is presence of security operatives at strategic areas, while movementaround designated areas for accreditation were limited.
Speakingto newsmen after his accreditation, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha from Taraba State,said the process was going on smoothly.
Onwhy PDP is keeping quiet on who to endorse for senate presidency, he said,“there is dignity in silence and mischief in noise making”
SenatorKabiru Gaya also said the accreditation was going on without hindrance.
Gaya,who is in the race for the position of Deputy President of the Senate, deniedstepping down as insinuated in some quarters.
Thenational assembly is a beehive of activities as preparations for theinauguration were on top gear.


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NASS Leadership: Buhari, APC Governors Celebrate Party’s Victory - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 18, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari today metwith the All Progressives Congress, APC governors at the Council Chamber,Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Briefing State House Correspondentsafter the meeting, Chairman of the APC Governors Forum, Atiku Bagudu said thatthe meeting was to congratulate the President on the party’s victory at theNational Assembly election of presiding officers.
Bagudu, who is the governor of Kebbistate also said that members used the gathering to thank the president for hisvarious interventions to the states, especially the Paris Club refunds, thebudget support fund which is in form of loan and the refund for money expendedby states on federal roads.
Other governors at the meeting wereYahaya Bello of Kogi State, Godwin Obaseki of Edo, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun,Maimala Buni of Yobe, Umara Zulum of Borno, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos,Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state among others.


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NASS Leadership Tussle: APC Clears Lawan, Others To Negotiate With Opposition - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
April 15, 2019
The All Progressives Congress, APC National Assembly members got the nod to negotiate with the opposition in their bid for principal positions in the Ninth Assembly.
The party said in a statement signed by National Publicity Secretary Lanre Issa-Onilu, who said it is democratic to do so, stressed that the party has nothing against its members seeking cooperation with other legislators as it is confident that they will not betray the party.
There has been reports of Senate Leader Ahmad Lawan, who has been adopted for Senate President, holding meetings with members of the opposition, but Issa-Onilu said that Lawan was adopted by the party for the position in the first place because of his ability to carry everyone along, which is needed for such a position.
He also said that the party will announce its zoning arrangement for the National Assembly leadership in the coming days.

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NASS Pledges To Back NRC To Achieve Seamless Operations - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 1, 2021
The Chairman, Joint Senate/House Committee on Transportation, Abdulfatai Buhari, gave the pledge when he led members of the committee to NRC headquarters on oversight inspection of Apapa Standard Gauge Railway project in Lagos on Thursday.
Buhari said that adequate legislative framework would further boost inter regional business in the country.
He assured of the cooperation and support of the committee in continuing to ensure adequate support and beam light on the challenges faced by the corporation.

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NASS Polls: Tribunal Strikes Out Petition Filed By PDP, Adokwe Against Sen. Al-Makura - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 30, 2019
The National and State Houses of Assembly PetitionTribunal sitting in Lafia, has struck out the petition filed by the People’sDemocratic Party,  PDP and Suleiman Adokwe, challenging the election of Tanko al-Makura, of the All Progressives Congress,APC as the winner of the Nasarawa-South Senatorial seat.
Adokwe challenged the election on account of allegedunlawful declaration of al-Makura as winner of the poll and claimed that thepolls did not comply with provisions of the Electoral Act 2010.
In a unanimous judgment, read by its chairman, JusticeDavid Ugoh, the tribunal held that the petitioner failed to prove that therespondent had not scored the highest lawful votes at the election.
In the same vein, the Tribunal also knocked out apetition challenging the March 9, 2019, election which returned PeoplesDemocratic Party, PDP candidate, Ibrahim Akwe for Obi-1 constituency.
The candidate of the APC, Isa Mohammed, challengedthe victory of Akwe in the State House of Assembly election.
In a judgment, the tribunal Chairman said that thepetitioner failed to prove that Akwe did not score the highest number of lawfulvotes cast in the election.


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NASS Red Alert As Shiite Protesters Clash With Police - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 22, 2019
The security personnel at the National Assembly Complex were on Monday positioned in strategic locations to prevent breakdown of law and order as members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, also known as Shiite clashed with police officers in Abuja.
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Membersof the sect who are demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky,who has been in detention for about three years, violently clashed withsecurity operatives at the Federal Secretariat.
Security operatives within the premises of theNational Assembly including the Sergeant-at-Arms shut down the entrance of thecomplex, diverting vehicular movement to alternative routes.
Sameprotesters on Tuesday, July 9, had almost invaded the NASS premises throwingstones, vandalised private and public properties and injured three policemen inthe process.
Theinjured security personnel were rushed to the NASS clinic and later to theNational Hospital Abuja where they are still receiving treatments.


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NASS Shifts Passage Of 2022 Budget To Next Week - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 16, 2021
Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation Barau Jibrin said this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja.
It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had on October 7 presented a budget of 16.3 trillion naira to the National Assembly for approval.
The final budget was supposed to have been laid on Tuesday by the Appropriation Committee for eventual passage on Wednesday or Thursday before the postponement.


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NASS Will Demand Accountability In Power Sector - Lawan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 5, 2019
President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan has said thatthe National Assembly will insist on accountability and transparency in thepower sector, particularly in application of funds proposed for it in 2020budget.
Lawan stated this when the Managing Director of theNiger Delta Power Holding Company NDPHC Chiedu Ugbo, led a delegation on avisit to the National Assembly, Abuja.
Lawan, in a statement by is Special Assistant onPress Ezrel Tabiowo, said that the Senate and House Committees would ensure prudentapplication of all funds channeled to the power sector.
The senate president said that the FederalGovernment had been shortchanged on agreements involving generation and distributioncompanies in the past.
He, however, warned that those behind shortchangingthe government through power deals would be held accountable for their actions.

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Nation Building: House Speaker Warns Citizens Against Fake News - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 3, 2021
He gave the advice at a two-day National Conference on Information organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values in Abuja.
The Speaker also charged leaders and followers in the country to combat fake news to keep the unity of the country, adding that technology tools have made information gathering and dissemination cheaper and faster than it has ever been in the history of the world.
Gbajabiamila said citizens all over have become broadcasters and publishers capable of influencing the opinions of many from the quiet of their enclaves.
He however commended the committee for organising the conference and drawing the attention of critical stakeholders on the need to ensure proper management of information.
Earlier, Chairman, House Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values, Olusegun Odebunmi said the importance of information management to national development cannot be overemphasised.

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Nation Building: North Korea Seeks Deeper Relations With Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
April 12, 2019
The Korean Ambassador to Nigeria Jon Tong Chol has called for closer working relations with Nigeria to achieve meaningful growth.
He made the call in in his address at the reception organised to mark the 107th birthday of Kim-2nd Sung, by the embassy in Abuja.
Jon, who spoke through Kim Chin-2nd, First Secretary of the Embassy, an interpreter, said although Korea had established relationship with Nigeria, much could be done to deepen it.
According to the Envoy, Korea and Nigeria have long standing relationship owing to the platform created by Kim-2nd Sung and Kim Jong-2nd, the country’s founding fathers.
The Envoy described Kim Sung as great leader who had contributed towards building the country into powerful independent socialist state with self-reliance and self defence.
He also said that Sung supported and encouraged the struggle for building of new society of the progressive people over the world including African countries.


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National Assembly Elections: Akpabio Says He Didn’t Lose, The Results Will Be Corrected - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 27, 2019
Former Senate Minority Leader, Senator GodswillAkpabio, has promised to challenge his loss in the February 23 NationalAssembly elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, haddeclared Chris Ekpenyong of the Peoples Democratic Party as winner of thesenatorial election in the Ikot-Ekpene Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State.
According to the result declared by the INECReturning Officer, Peter Ogbang, Ekpenyong, who is a former deputy governor,scored 118,215 votes to defeat the incumbent senator, Akpabio of the AllProgressives Congress, who secured 83,158 votes.
The result was announced at the INEC headquarters inUyo instead of Ikot-Ekpene because of alleged security threats in the area.
But Akpabio, who spoke on The Verdict, on Wednesday,vowed to challenge the collation of the results, adding that he could not losethe election.


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National Assembly: Senate Insists N37bn Earmarked For Renovation Justified - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 31, 2019
The Senate spokesman and Chairman of the Committee on Mediaand Public Affairs, Godiya Akwashiki, who expressed surprise at the Courtaction initiated against the legislature by the Socio-Economic Right andAccountability Project, SERAP regarding the project, said the dilapidatedsituation of the National Assembly building required urgent consideration.
Akwashiki stated that the issue has nothing to do with theNational Assembly. It is all about the Federal Capital Development Authority,FCDA which built it. He also criticized the suit filed by SERAP and some groupsagainst the amount earmarked for the renovation of the Complex.
According to the Senate spokesman, no single naira from themoney will come to the National Assembly accounts, everything is going straightto the FCDA. In the past 20 years, the structure has not been renovated.

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National Assembly To Reconvene Over Budget, N500bn Covid-19 Fund - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 16, 2020
The National Assembly is mulling reconvening next week Tuesday to consider and possibly approve pending interventions by the Federal Government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sources said that the leadership of the National Assembly was planning to recall members from recess to attend to national issues.
The member of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs,  who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the federal parliament might resume on Tuesday to consider the issues.
The lawmakers had embarked on break on March 24th, 2020, over the spread of coronavirus disease.
The House had, however, expressed its plan to reconvene for a possible amendment to the 2020 Appropriation Act, as the Federal Government planned to reduce the national budget due to crashing crude oil prices.
The Federal Government had revised downward the revenue projection for the 2020 budget by 3.3 trillion naira; from the initial approved amount of 8.41 trillion to 5.08 trillion.
The Federal Government also revised downwards the oil price benchmark from 57 dollars per barrel to 30 dollars per barrel.


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National Assembly Transmits 2022 Appropriation Bill To Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
December 30, 2021
The House of Representatives had passed the bill on December 21, while the senate passed it December 22, raising the total estimates from the proposed 16.391 trillion naira to 17.126 trillion naira.
The oil benchmark was raised from the proposed 57 per barrel to 62 dollars.
The breakdown of the budget include 869 billion naira for statutory allocation, 3.8 trillion naira for debt servicing, 6.9 trillion naira and 5.4 trillion naira for recurrent and capital expenditure, respectively.
Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, confirmed that the National Assembly had transmitted the proposed budget to the president.

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National Assignment: NFF To Give Ahmed Musa N10m For 100 Games Mark - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 8, 2021
Musa won his milestone 100th Nigeria cap in their World Cup qualification clash with Cape Verde on Tuesday.
The Eagles’ Captain was selected to start in Mindelo as the National Team boosted their chances of qualifying for Qatar 2022 with a 2-1 win over the Bubista’s Blue Sharks.
Musa After representing the country at youth level, the speedy forward made his senior debut on August 5, 2010, in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Madagascar, coming in as a substitute for former Chelsea star John Obi Mikel in the 2-0 win.

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National Budget: Minister Says FG Will Revert To January - December Cycle In 2020 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
April 1, 2019
The Federal Government will revert to the January to December budget cycle, beginning with the 2020 national budget.
The Minister of Budget and National Planning Udoma Udo Udoma stated this in Abuja during the defense of his ministry’s 2019 budget in the Senate.
He expressed the executive’s willingness to comply with the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007 by submitting the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper to the National Assembly on time.
Udoma said it would be achieved by collaborating with the legislature.
The Minister noted that the new arrangement would not only make planning easier for both the public and private sectors but would also ensure proper oversight by relevant committees of the National Assembly.
He said the delay in submitting and passing the 2019 budget was caused by both the executive and legislative arms of government which relegated governance to the back seat because politics occupied centre stage during the 2019 elections.


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National Cohesion: Group Advises Federal Govenrment Not To Allow IPOB To Destabilise Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 14, 2022
It added that the government should not be discouraged by the activities of the IPOB and their faceless collaborators, whom they said were out to malign and distract innocent Nigerians from discharging their lawful businesses and constitutional rights.
Convener of the group Muhammad Abbah Sada, made the call at a press conference held at the Katsina state Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ secretariat while responding to recent call by the IPOB to ban National Anthem and cow meat in the southern region of the country.
He also explained that the recent threat of banning the Nigerian National Anthem as well as selling of cow meat in the Southeast by IPOB was an attempt to set the country on fire.
Sada, however, advised Nigeria youths residing in the northern region of the country to remain calm irrespective of the activities of the IPOB for the interest of peace, unity and stability of the country.

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National Cohesion, Unity: Cost Of Staying Together Cheaper Than Cost Of Dividing Nigeria - Obasanjo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 28, 2021
He added that the cost of staying together as a nation is cheaper than the cost of dividing country.
The former President stated this on Friday during the Book Launch and 85th Birthday of the Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Sunday Mbang, which was held at the Admiralty Centre, Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos State.
Obasanjo’s comments come amid calls for secession by notable separatist leaders – Sunday Igboho, agitator of the Yoruba Nation, and Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra.
He promised to continue to work for the peace and progress of a Nigeria that is united.
The elder statesman insisted that those he described as enemies who do not want to see the nation’s continued co-existence would fail.


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National Conference Urges Buhari To Protect Anti-Corruption Legacy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 27, 2023
The National Conference, convoked by 158 Anti-Corruption Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organisations, faith-based groups, youth and community-based organisations, made the call in a communiqué issued at a day National Conference in Abuja.
The conference was convoked to discuss the state of the nation, covering several fundamental issues, especially as they affected education, security, corruption challenges and other general interests.
They urged Buhari to protect the anti-corruption legacy, noting that the war against corruption in the country, particularly under his administration had its milestones, prospects and challenges.
The conference said there was the need to consciously review same, while also setting an agenda for the incoming administration in the country.
It stated that the subject of corruption and the war against it was of crucial importance to the stakeholders, in the Nigerian project.


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National Convention: APC Finally Notifies INEC Of February 26 Date - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
February 3, 2022
The national caretaker body has written to the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, to notify it of the coming exercise, as
demanded by the Electoral Act.
In the letter dated February 2, 2022, the APC officially informed the
INEC about its decision to conduct its February 26 National Convention.
Section 85 (1) of the Electoral Act says, a registered political party shall
give the commission at least 21 days notice of any convention, congress,
conference or meeting convened for the purpose of electing members of
its executive committees, other governing bodies or nominating
candidates for any of the elective offices specified under this Act.

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National Convention: APC Formally Informs INEC Of February 26 Date - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
February 4, 2022
The letter dated February 2, 2022, was addressed to Chairman of INEC, Mahmoud Yakubu, and jointly signed by APC National Secretary John Akpanudoedehe and Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC Governor Mai Mala Buni.
It would be recalled that there had been uncertainties as to whether the February 26 date was feasible, as some stakeholders had been campaigning for postponement of the convention to allow more time to resolve disagreements plaguing the party.
However with the official notification to INEC the convention to hold as scheduled.

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National Convention: APC Governors To Meet President Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
November 22, 2021
The governors under the umbrella of Progressive Governors Forum, PGF reached the resolution at the end of their meeting in Abuja.
Chairman of the form and Kebbi state Governor Abubakar Bagudu made this known while briefing newsmen at the end of the closed door meeting, noting that the forum would keep the public informed on its decision on zoning of elective offices after its meeting with President Buhari.
He, however, added that insinuations in some quarters that the Governors’ planned meeting with Buhari was to discourage him from assenting to the amended electoral bill should be disregarded.
The Governor also explained that the forum discussed issues of good governance, development in the polity and other issues that were pertinent to the progress of the party and the country.
Bagudu said the forum passed a vote of confidence on the party’s Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Committee and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee.

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National Convention: LP Changes Venue From Abia To Anambra. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 26, 2024
Newsmen report that it may not be unconnected to the leadership crisis rocking the party.
The party had in a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, signed by the national chairman and secretary, Julius Abure and Umar Ibrahim, informed the commission of the new venue.